First of all, I am going to make a recommendation for all of you looking for a good place to get Ford parts. For all my Ford parts, I go to Atascadero Ford Outlet out of California for all of my stuff. The prices are reasonable (if not lower than most Ford parts departments) and the service is excellent... the people I deal with on the phone (Gary and Paul mostly) always have a can do attitude, are never rude, are willing to serve the customer, and when a part is backordered they are pretty much right on the money give or take a couple days as to when the parts will arrive. If they do not know, they won't pretend like they do in order to sell you something... they will tell you that they are unsure about the delivery date, but in those cases they do take your phone number and are very good about keeping you updated. When my Bullitt fuel door shipped, they told me it was going to be about 3 or 4 days. On the 4th day, they called to see if I had gotten it, and I hadn't so they provided me with a tracking number- it ended up getting there about 10 minutes later, but it was still nice to see a sense of concern for the customers and making sure that after they have your money that you have gotten what you paid for... the way it should be. Their number is 1-800-549-2005 if you would like to get ahold of them.
Secondly, the fuel door is on my car now.... yay! Chris, thanks once again for the how to.... I kind of cringed when I bent the tabs as you suggested, but when I saw there was no other way, I decided to bite the bullitt (ha ha) and go ahead with it. I did have some spacing issues... the rear of the trim ring was sucked in about 1/16 of an inch deeper than the top part of it, but after some re-engineering, I got the ring to sit flush and it looks awesome.
Last, I promised that I would post a way to secure the door for would be theives and such. I am of the opinion that nothing is 100% secure, but something to discourage theft always helps. I was able to use nuts to secure all of the aesthetic fasteners but the one that sits in the hole with the collar on the back of it and while the door was still off, I put a dab of JB Weld Kwik over the nut/bolt and on the one without a nut, I put the epoxy into the hole and around the thread and stuck the fastener inside and then dabbed some on the back of the door where the screw came through. When I got the fuel door installed and was happy with the way it sat in relation to the car's sheet metal, I tightened up the two screws securing the door and then wrapped the nut and exposed threads with the epoxy. While it may still be possible to get the door off, it will be much harder now than simply unscrewing it and removing from the car. Just a tip for those who want to secure their door a little more after the install, because hey.... who wouldn't want it? ;-)
